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From: Karsten Heymann <karsten.heymann@blue-cable.net>
Subject: Re: Re: [org-beamer] \alert
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	Dominik's message of "Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:58:38 +0100")
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Hi,

i just catched up reading the org list, and I think I can contribute to
this:

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a LaTeX command that can figure out if it is running a beamer
> class?
> If yes, a possible solution would be to redefine \alert in LaTeX when
> not doing BEAMER.

The LaTeX Command \providecommand behaves exactly like \newcommand iff
the command does not already exist, so one (untested) solution would be

\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\emph{#1}}

I think this would be the cleanest way, but keep in mind that the
special <> beamer parameters are not supported by standard latex
command creation commands.

Yours
Karsten